Functional equivalence of the National Adult Reading Test (NART) and Schonell reading tests and NART norms in the Dynamic Analyses to Optimise Ageing (DYNOPTA) project

Journal of Clinical and Experimental Neuropsychology

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 410-421

  Kiely, Kim M ^a   Luszcz, Mary A ^b   Piguet, Olivier ^c,d   Christensen, Helen ^a   Bennett, Hayley ^c   Anstey, Kaarin J ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NEUROSCIENCE RESEARCH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australian Longitudinal Study of Ageing; Canberra Longitudinal Study of Ageing; Crystallized intelligence; Dynamic Analyses to Optimise Ageing; Harmonization; National Adult Reading Test; Norms; Premorbid IQ; Sydney Older Persons Study; Verbal abilities

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PREDICTIVE VALUE; READING; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; READING; REFERENCE VALUES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 79953803848     PISSN: 13803395     EISSN: 1744411X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13803395.2010.527321     Document Type: Article

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